here. - Lancaster ND424 of 12 Squadron

Lancaster ND424The Damage DoneFollowing a raid the RAF would sendfast photo-reconnaissance aircraft overthe target to take photographs. Thesewere used to assess the damage doneand to decide if further raids wererequired. These two images areprobably from the same originalphotograph.Right: Leslie’s press cutting shows theParis/Varies marshalling yard just threeweeks after ND424’s final raid. It reads:PARIS/VAIRES MARSHALLING YARDDEVASTATEDAs the result of daylight attacks byaircraft of Bomber Command on 11thand 18th July 1944, freshconcentrations of bomb craters andextensive damage can be seenthroughout the Marshalling Yards atParis/Vaires. The greater part of thedamage from previous raids has notyet been repaired and this, togetherwith the latest damage, presents ascene of chaos over the entire areaof the Yard. Large numbers ofwagons are damaged and derailedand practically all tracks through theyard are cut.Below: Vaires-sur-Marne marshalling yard after being attacked by the RAF on 27/28 June 1944. Originalimage is overlayed onto a modern map. From:http://www.gearthhacks.com/showimage.php?image=new/080505/1486241.jpg40